[…]cash terms and against inflation. We said many times that families and students were approaching a breaking point – and it’s clear from this report that that point has long been reached. A review of the effectiveness of current grant levels needs to be quickly undertaken.” On the wider issue of student drop-out, she added: “I very much welcome the chair of the Higher Education Authority’s desire to get to the bottom of student dropout – and USI will of course support his efforts with solid evidence and representation from across the country.” Accommodation Crisis High among the reasons for […]
[…]support their LGBTQ* employees. USI met with the HSE to further a campaign on alcohol and drugs harm reduction for students. USI Elections Spotlight (Local Hustings): NUI Galway SU – Monday 27th February @ 7.30pn in IT250. Contactsu.president@nuigalway.ie for further information. IT Sligo SU – Tuesday 28th February @ 7pm in Room A0004. Contact president@itssu.ie for further information. Maynooth SU – Thursday 2nd March @ 6pm in John Hume Boardroom. Contact: president@nuimsu.ie for further information. Trinity College Dublin SU – Tuesday 7th March @ 7pm in Stanley Quek Theatre, Trinity Biomedical Institute. Contact: president@tcdsu.org for further information. IADTSU – Tuesday 7th March @5pm in Room TBC. Contact: presidentiadt@gmail.com for further information. Waterford Institute […]
[…]shame. This is our nation’s failure. That failure belongs to all of us. The shame is that even today no progress has been made, that today we see the catastrophe of our failure to engage with women’s rights issues, the failure of the State to protect over half of its people. We have many politicians in this country – and we have some very excellent ones – but the reality is that we have very few public representatives in Ireland. Because there is a difference between playing at politics and actual representation. We need real public representatives with who are […]
[…]of Irishman Ibrahim Halawa in front of the Egyptian embassy, 12 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, today, Monday October 3rd, between 5.30pm and 7pm. Ibrahim Halawa’s trial in Egypt has been adjourned for the 15th time, meaning that he has now spent 38 months in jail without a trial. The 20-year-old has been jailed since August 2013 after he was arrested and detained at a protest in Cairo. The demonstration was in support of the Muslim Brotherhood which had been ousted from power by the Egyptian military. The Egyptian authorities have chosen to trial Halawa in a mass trial along […]
